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US citizens urged to use encryption. given attacks NurPhoto via Getty Images Republished on December 6 as new cybersecurity regulations are proposed, and with further warnings following the FBI’s encrypted communications push. Timing is everything. Just as Apple’s adoption of RCS had seemed to signal a return to text messaging versus the unstoppable growth of […]
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Russia warned the United States on Wednesday to halt what it called a “spiral of escalation” over Ukraine, but said it would keep informing Washington about test missile launches in order to avoid “dangerous mistakes”. The comments from Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov sent a signal that Moscow, which last week approved a new policy […]
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Kim Jong Un accused the U.S. of escalating tensions and nuclear risks on the Korean peninsula, says KCNA. File | Photo Credit: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of ramping up tension and provocations, saying the Korean peninsula has never faced such […]
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Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine Russell. File | Photo Credit: AP Demographic shifts, worsening climate change and rapid technological transformation risk creating a bleak future for youth in the mid-21st century, the United Nations agency for children warned Tuesday (November 19, 2024) in an annual report. “Children are experiencing a myriad of crises, from […]
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The Kremlin warned Monday (November 18, 2024) that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher. Biden’s shift in policy added an uncertain, new factor to the conflict on the eve of the […]
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A cyclist rides along a road engulfed in thick smog in Lahore on November 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The United Nation’s children’s agency on Monday (November 11, 2024) warned that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become […]
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A file image of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged him not to escalate the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported Sunday (November 10, 2024). “Mr. Trump held the call from his Mar-a-Lago estate […]
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Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government organized media tour, to a no-man’s land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Taungpyolatyar village, Maung Daw, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. File | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could […]
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New Delhi: The FBI warned of bomb threats at polling stations in “multiple” US states on Election Day, adding that none were credible but many appeared to originate from Russia. The statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation came as authorities in the US state of Georgia said bomb threats had briefly disrupted voting there […]
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui, in Moscow, Russia, November 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Russian Foreign Ministry The United States and Russia are very close to engaging in “direct military conflict,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned in an interview published on Friday (November 1, 2024) in […]
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